Apparently, a number (possibly as many as 108) of people on downed Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 were representatives and specialists en route to an AIDS conference in Melbourne, Australia, routing via Kuala Lumpur. Just sickening.

Retired Australian Olympic swimming champ Ian Thorpe, who has been dogged by gay rumors for years and has steadfastly denied them, is coming out in an interview with Sir Michael Parkinson. As recently as in his 2012 autobiography, Thorpe has explicitly claimed to be straight. He's dealt with depression and gone to rehab for it in the past year.

Todd Carney, an Australian rugby player, was kicked off the Sydney Roosters and could be banned for life, all for being caught in a lewd act. The act? Peeing upward toward his own mouth in a public bathroom. Gross and silly, but...really? Who cares?